Journal-box.



PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

J. S. PATTEN.

JOURNAL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7. 1906.

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To all who it may concern: I Be it kno that I, JAMES S. PAT EN- a citizen of the 'ted States, residing at Baltii a JOURNAL-BOX. f

Specification of Letters Patent.

omcmn STAW JAMES sf. IATTEN,.OIF BAhT IMQRE MnRYfLANli Patented March 10, 1908.

Ap plication filedDccember 7, 1906. Serial No. 346,806. I

more city and State. of Mar land, have invented ce-rtain new andusefu Improvements in J ournal-Boxes and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to journal boxes and more particularly toclosures therefor, and

others skilled in the art to which-it apper- .10

has for its object to rovide a box having a 'single means for hol( ing the lid yieldably at f times in closed position and at times in open position.

-- Another object Is to provide a box which i will-be extremely simple and which may thus be reduced at a low figure.

ther objects and advantages will be a-p parent from the followin description, and it 1s to be understood that do not-desire to be limited to the exact details of construction 1 shown and described, for obvious modifications will-occur to a person skilled in the art.

In the drawin s forming a portion of this specification an in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several {box at the forward are carried by the ri thereln a horizontal transversely extend ng portion of this 0 ening, the box is rabbeted, H as shown at 7.

transversely extendin enlargement is formed upon the to 9 o the ortion thereo this enlargement being hol ow, as shown at 10, and

communicatin with the interior of the body extending wings I1 portion 5.

8 and have engaged pwardly pivot pin 12 with which are pivotally engaged upwardly and rearwardly curved fingers 13 carried by a lid 14 provide fl'to close the opening 6, this lid .being formed at" its up er portion to fit in the rabbet 7 when the In is in closed position.

A vertically extendin projection L5 is carried by the inner face 0 the lid at the upper portion thereofand has ,a longitudinal passage 16 formed therewithin,-in which is engaged .a laterally turned, end portion .17 of a" e ical spring 18, this spring extending into a hollow enlargement 19 formed upon the lid Hand extending forwardly therefrom, the

eye 20 in which ispivotally engaged the lower loo ed end of an upwardly extending rod 21 which has an inwardly extending lateral turn 22 at its up er portion, and beyond this turn, itis curve upwardly and then forwardly, as shown at 23 and.24 respectively, the extremity of the portion 24 extendin into the chamber .10 of the enlargement-8 an being pivotall engaged with. a horizontal ivot pin 25' l ocated "within this chamber. he rod thus ias a rearwardly offset portion adjacent to its npper end, which forms a yoke located to receive the forward portion of the top 9 therewithin when the lid of the box is raised, and it will be understood that "this spring 18, this being apparent from the drawings- It will also'be seen that when the lid is raised and moved rearwardly beyond its center of ivotal movement the action of the spring W1 1 0 erate tohold 1t yieldably-in open position, w ereas when the lid has been moved forwardly beyond its pivot point, the spring will operate to move it into closed position. i

, -What is claimed is:

A journalbox comprising a hollow body portion having an openingtherein, there belng an enlar ement formed upon the body portion and avin communicating wit the interior of the body portion, said enlargement being. located above the openi ng,iand wings carried by the lid and ivotally connected with the wings, saidlid having a forwardly extending hollow enlargement opening throu h the inner face inner surface of the lid above the enlarge ment,s'aid rejection having a passage therewithin, .a elical spring; having an end enoted to the other end of the spring at its raising ofthe lid, will place tension upon the body portion above theopening, a lid for. the ,opening, there being fingers carried by the "ofthe lid, and a projection ocated upon the gaged in said passage, said s ring extending, into. the enlargement of, the li and a rod piv-v;

lower portion thereof, and is formed into an a chamber therewithin lower end, and having its upgle rend' pivoted Intestimony Whreof, aflix my signature,

{within the chgmberhof the st nameld egin presence of two witnesses. argemept sai rod swing a rearward 0 i 'setportloi sdjacentto its upper end: ar- JAMES A 5 ranged to receive the forward ortion of the Witnesses:

top of thebbx'therewithin w eh the lid is HZARRIELCHANDLEE, moved into open ppsitiom; GEO'QHKCHANDLEE. 

